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Johnny Carson

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Katherine Tupper

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• • 8th Great-grandmother of Johnny Carson — 11th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1107 
  • Father:
  • Thomas Tupper 
  • Mother:
  • Katherine Gator   
  • Birth Date:
  • 31 Jan 1623 
  • Birth Location:
  • England  
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  • Death Date:
  • 4 Jun 1676 
  • Death Location:
  • Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Benjamin Nye
  • Marriage Date:
  • 19 Oct 1640 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Sandwich, Barnstable, Massachusetts 
  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Nye

  John Nye

  Jonathan Nye

  Mercy Nye (Ahnentafel No:553 )

  Nathan Nye

  • Notes: 

  • Although there are a number of secondary sources claiming Katherine Tupper is the daughter of Thomas Tupper and Katherine Gator, some doubt will remain without further evidence to support this.

• Sources for Katherine Tupper

  • ¹ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1945, Vol. 99, p. 59.
  • ² New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 2005, Vol. 159, pp. 73-74.
  • ³ New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1965, Vol. 119, p. 262.
  • ⁴ Nye, George Hyatt and Frank E. Best, et. al., A Genealogy of the Nye Family, Cleveland, Ohio: The Nye Family of American Association (1907), 27-29.
  • ⁵ Tupper, Franklin Whittlesey, Thomas Tupper and His Descendants, Boston, Massachusetts: Tupper Family Association of America, Inc. (1945), 19.